Roving and spinning frame.



No. 842,824. PATENTED JAN. 29, 1907.

W. BATTEN. ROVING AND SPINNING FRAME.

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' oq'-orney.

WILLIAM BATTEN, OF AFBURX, MAINE.

' ROVING AND SPINNfiNG FRAME.

Specification of Letters Fat-ant.

Patented Jan. 29, 1907.

hpncmon 1. September 22,1905. s... 279.642.

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l the combined rovings to be drawn, doubled,

Be it known that I, \r ILLLUI BATTEX, a citizen of the hinted States, residing ati Auburn, 1n the c nt oi Androscoggin, State I of Maine, have invented a. certain new and useful Improvement in llo'vmg and Spinning Frames, of which the folh'wmg 1s a specificai process to be reduced.

redrawn, and twisted in one machine and also enabling the number of twisting operat ions which are performed durmg the roving An embodiment of the invention is illus- I traled in the drawings, in which lattertion, reference being had therein to the acj portions ol a frame containing the invention.

eompanying drawings.

As is well known, in the manufacture of e yarns a series of machin is employed in practice for the performazu-c oi the opera tions subsequent to the drawing operation, separatcly so called, the series comprising-in some cases three roving-frames and a. spinningframe and in others four roving-frames and The 1' st of the roving- 5 frames is termed, commonly, the. slubber f 0r slubbing-i'rame,and thesecond is known intermediate supported by the rear IUlitP-nlitfld 2, and

here three are included in the fine frame; but where four are employed Figure 1 shows in front elevation certain Fig. 2 shows in plan some of the parts which are represented in Fig. 1, but with the top rolls omitted. Fig. 3 is a view in partly sectional side elevation, sho 'ing the parts which are lti i'trtllifid in Fig. 2.

liming reference to the drawings, at 1 1' are shown roller-beams, forming part of the fixed framework of the machine and on which the rollerstands 2 2 are mounted.

3 3 3 are a series of drawing-rolls which are 4 4 4 are a series of drawing-rolls whichare 1 supported by the front roller-wand 2', the sethe third is termed the second intcrmedi- 3 ate and the fourth is known as the 'acle- 7 frame.

' ing termed ire "front" set. 15) the slubber untwisted slivers from the final drawing frame are further f drawn and given aslight twist, by which i 5 operated upon are conducted into the bite of they are converted into roving. By the intermediate two rovings from the slubber are doubled together, drawn, and slightly twisted. I

In the fine frame in the one case and in the T second intermediate in the other rov ngs from the lntermedra-te are doubled together, j

drawn, and slightly twister.

In the jackl frame two of the I'DYHlfS from the second intermediate are doubleu together, drawn, and slightly twisted. From the line frame 01' the jack-frame the rovings are taken to the spinning-flame.

The object f my invention is to reduce the number of machines that is required to wind the fibers as they are delivered from.

the second series of rolls, thereby enabling I attain this object by the comforthefiuiddle and back rolls oi the rear set 01 ries first mentioned being termed the hack set of rolls, and the series lastmentioned be- At 5 5, &c., are guides located at the rearof the back set of rolls 3 t I) and by means of which the slivers or rm'iugs entering the machine in order to be the warmest pair of rolls of the said back set.

(3 (i, &c., designate doubling-guides which are located intermediate the two sets of rolls an I by means of which slivers o1 rovings issuing from between the foremost pair of rolls of the bark set 3 3 3 are doubled together and conducted into the ite of the rear-most pair of the neat of rolls 4 4 4. At 7 7, Fig. 1, are fliers att'l'e front of the machine, the spin-cites on wlti :h the said fliers are mounted being shown at. o 8, ch. and 9 9, &c., are receiving-bobbins which are employed in con neetion with the said spindles and fliers.

'lhe drawing-rolls are adjustable toward and Tom one another to suit the length of staple. To this end the bearings 3 and 3 rolls are made adjustable in usual manner upon. the roller-stand 2 independently toward and from the bearing 3 for the front roll of such set, and the bearings 4-" and 4 of the corresponding rolls of the front set are made adj usl'able iii usual mariner upon rollerstand 2' independently toward and from the lbe-aring 4 for the front roll of such 'set.

Roller-stand 2 is made adjustable upon rollerbeam 1 toward and from roller-stand 2' to suit the length of staple and strength of the rovings.

ments the rearward extensions of roller-,=

stand 2 and bearing 3" are formed with slots 2 ml 3', respectively, to receive the screw i 2, which secures the lJOflllllSIS 3" and 3" 1nplace upon the said roller-stand. Similar slots 2 and it are formed in the rearward extensions of roller-stand .2 and bearing 4" for the reception of the stem of screw 4, which sccures the bea'rin s 4" and 4" in plaer upon the latter roller-stanl, and a slot 2 is formed in roller-beam 1 for the reception of the screw .2; which secures roller-stand 2 in place upon the said roller-beam.

For the purpose of communicating motion .to the drawing-rolls the lower front roll of the set 4 4 4 is driven in usual or suitable manner, notneeessary to be shown or described. Motion is transmitted from the shaft -11 of the said lower front roll by means of the spur-pinion 42, fast on said shaft and meshing with the spur-gear -13, the latter being fast with the short shaft 44, mounted in a suitable stand (not shown) and also having fast therewith the spur-pinion 45, meshing with the spungear 46, which is fast on the shaft 31 of the lower roll of the rearmost pair of rolls of the set 4: 4 4, the said shaft also being provided with a spur-pinion 47, meshing with a carrier-gear 48, the latter in turn meshing with the spur-gear -19, fast with the lower roll of the middle pair of rolls of the set 4' 4 4. The said carriengear 48 is in practice suitably mounted upon a supporting-stud that is carried b v a stand (not shown) in connection with the fixedframework of the machine. Motion is transmitted from the lower roll of the rcarmostpair of rolls of the front set 4 4 to the lower roll of the front pair of rolls of the back set 3 3 3 by means of a spur-gear 50, which is fast upon the shaft 31 of the lower roll first mentioned,

'a spur-gear 51, which is fast upon the shaft 311 of the lower gear lastmcntioned,and an -intermediate or carrier gear 52, meshing with train of operative connections 32, 850., to 39, K

COITCSPODIilIlg in character and. arrangement with the train which has been described in connection with the front set. of rolls.

T 0 compensate for adjustment of the rolls and of the rear roller-stand, the stud 53 is placed in a curved slot 531 in stand .34, the

said slot being concentric with the axis of ro "tation of the lower front roll of the back set 3 3 3, and thesaid stud 54 is adjustablyse- For the purposes of these adjust- 5 1 cured in place upon the roller-beams 1 1 by l the screws 54 54" passing, through slots 54 54* in the said roller-beams. The stud is socured in the desired position in such slot 531 I 532. When, therefore, i the rearmost pair of rolls of the front set is shifted forward or rearward upon th; fron roller-stand 2 in making: adjustment of the distances intervening between the successive pairs of rolls of the respective sets and the rear roller-stand is shifted forward or rearward, the carrier-gear 52 is maintained in driving, mgagement with the gears 50 51 by adjustment of the said stand 54 and of the. stud 53 in the said slot 531.

The drawings show two rovings a (I entering each of the back guides 5 5, &c., and passing thence between the successive pairs of rolls of the back set of rolls 3 3 3. In advance of the foremost rolls of the said back set two of the resulting doubled and drawn rovings are shown led through a single inter- 1 mediate guide 6 and passed thence together between the rolls of the successive pairs of by means of a nut rolls of the said front set thecombinedor quaoruplczl and drawn roving extends to one of the fliers to be twisted and wound upon the corresponding bobbin.

My invention enables one machine to accomplish, essentially, the same results which heretofore have required the use of two roving-frames, or of a roving-fra me and a. spinning-fra me. Thus in thedrawings the machine is represented as performing the operations intermediateandthefineh'amein these-called three process arrangementnamely, that process in which the fibrous material passes through three roving-frames in succession. Thereby the results which heretofore have been attained by the said threeprocess arrangementare enabled to be attained hymeans of two machinesnan1ely, a slubber, which may be of the usual construction and arrrangement, and a machine embodying the invention. By conducting a drawing-frame sliver into the machine through each of the back guides 5 5, &c., the machine which is shown in the drawings will perform the operations which heretofore have been employed by the slubher and first intermediate operating in succession. Hence it will be perceived that the operations which heretofore have been performed in the so-oalled four-process arrangement by E means of four roving-frames may beattained bvreason of my invention by two machines embodying the latter, one thereof performint, the work of the slubber and first intermediate combined and the other thereof erforming the work of the second intermediate and jack-frame combined. It will further be perceived that the operations which heretofore have been performed by means of a the front set 4 4 4. On leaving the front 4 which heretofore have been performed by therowing-frame and separate spinning-frame the place of the two machines.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination of a series of drawingrolls, guides at the entrance to the said series, a second series otdrawing-rolls, doul )ling- 1 connecting together the rolls of the second series, means to (lI'lYC one of the said series guides between the two series of drawingrolls, means twist and wind the doubled and dfiiii'niroviiije sjiigmngf'ojifiatiielf connecting together the rolls of the first series,

gearing operatively emmeetine together the rolls of the second series, driving connections intermediate the two S'Ct'ltS in operative engagement with a roll of each series means to adjust the two series toward and from each other, and means to adjust the said intermediate driving connections to correspond with changes in the setting of the rolls.

2. The combination, in a machine for the manufacture of twisted rovings or yarns, of a series of drawing-rolls, guides at the entrance to the said series, a second series of drawing may he performed in a single machine taking rolls, doubling-guides hetween the two series of drawing-rolls, means to twist and wind the rovings, means to adjust the rolls of the two series to suit dill'erent lengths of staple, &c., gearing operatively connecting together the rolls of the first series, gearing operatively from the other embracing a carrier-gear in driving engagement with gears on the lower hack roll of" the second series and on the lower front roll of the tirstseries, respective 5', and means to adjust the said carrier-gear to maintain such engagement under the adjustments of the rolls of the two series.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

\VlLLIAM BATTEN 'itnesses:

CHAS. F. RANDALL, EDITH J. ANDERSON. 

